91 - Canadarm3 (feat. Ken Podwalski)

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NASA's Lunar Gateway is an international partnership that plans to put a small station in orbit around the Moon in 2024. Canada, the first country to join the program, will contribute a next-generation robotic arm to facilitate the station's work - Canadarm3. Ken Podwalski, Gateway Program Manager at the Canadian Space Agency, joins Jake to talk about the arm, it's role at Gateway, and Canada's plans for the future in space.

We talk Canadarm3 and Gateway

• Canada becomes first nation to sign on to Gateway
• MDA awarded Candarm3 Contract
• Canada to send astronauts to the Moon with NASA

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